How can we unlock the power of non-aggression? What are the key points of the teachings on emptiness?We welcome you for weekend teachings with Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, hosted by Nalandabodhi Asia, on the power of non-aggression and emptiness.
On Shakyamuni Day, we commemorate the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana.Hosted by Nalandabodhi Vancouver; we welcome you for this year’s celebration, including meditation, liturgical practice, and remarks by Lama Rabten Tshering.
It is with tremendous, poignant sadness that the Nalandabodhi sangha acknowledges the passing into parinirvana of the great master, Kyabje Yongzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Rinpoche was born in Kham, eastern Tibet in 1933, and died June 4, 2023.
The teachers, leadership, and members of Nalandabodhi International are very concerned about the fragile health of our precious lineage master, Kyabje Yongzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Kyabje Rinpoche, the chief Abbot of the Karma Kagyü lineage, is also a highly important teacher of many contemporary Kagyü lineage holders including our founder and teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. We offer our heartfelt prayers for Kyabje Yongzin Thrangu Rinpoche’s swift and full recovery for the benefit of the Buddha’s teachings and all sentient beings.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche strongly requests and encourages everyone to engage in prayers, aspirations, and intensified dharma practice according to one’s own capacity.
Studies show how easily we flip from positive to negative thinking and how deeply habituated we are to our negative bias. In this short teaching offered by freshmind, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche points out that these negative thoughts create deep imprints in our mind. Are we stuck in a rut or is negative thinking a habit we can change?
“May I be a protector to those without protection, a leader for those who journey, and a boat, a bridge, a passage for those desiring the further shore.” (From A guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva)Nalandabodhi Akasha is hosting an Open Heart Circle practice. This is an adapted Mahayana practice that is traditionally done to support those who are ill, dying or have recently died. With all the suffering in our world today, please join a space to share and offer light, wisdom and compassion.
